HOMILIES ON PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, THESSALONIANS. 571 358; curiosity of, 360; made an excuse for avarice, 368 ; God may take away if made an excuse, 369; patriarchs had, but were not covetous, ib. ; why given, ib. ; should be taught to fear judg ment, 383; to be regulated, 384; cares for, sweet to a mother, 392. Children, the three, refreshed in the furnace, 325; ventured without knowing they should escape, 361. Christ, how glorined in St. Paul s life or death, 194; exhorts disciplesby examples of himself, the Father, and prophets, 206; called the great God by St. Paul, 207; His not seizing to Himself equality proves Him not lesser than the Father, 208; His divinity not matter of robbery, but His right, natural to Him, 213; His empty ing Himself His own act, ib. ; if a mere creature, did not humble Himself in washing disciples feet, 214; in what ways like and un like other men, ib. ; underwent no change or degeneracy in be coming a servant, ib. ; proved to have taken a soul against the Apollinarians, 214-15; was not servile in becoming willingly obe dient to His Father, but greatly honored Him, 215; His humilia tion corresponding to His height, i/>. ; His death greater humilia tion than His being a servant, ib. ; the most ignominious death of all, il>.; humbled as-man, ib.; exalted as man, ib. ; His glory, honor, or dishonor is the Father s too, 216; His obedience, His exaltation, // . / can be known only by faith, 235; fellowship in His sufferings and death through faith, 236; comes Himself to take His friends to heaven, 244; the grief it will be to be rejected from His kingdom at the judg ment, 245; men are saints be cause of their faith in Him, 258; His names symbols of His bene fits to man, ib. ; He cometh to us through the poor, 260; present at the table of the poor, 261 ; the greatness of Hiswork in redemp tion, 267; First of the Church, as the Adam of men, 27172; still suffers in His members, 276; does many things for them now, ib. ; reasons why He came at this time, not in old time, 277-79; in Him is hid all wisdom, 281; " fullness of Godhead " in Him means that God dwelleth in Him, 285; blotted out the bond that was against man by His death, 286 ; and then tore it in two, ib. ; conquered Satan on the cross, ib.; His death public, His Res urrection private, ib.; so beauti ful it is not possible to tell, 295; is put on by clothing the soul with virtues, 308; present at mar riages, 319; with His angels, 320; glorined in suffering, 325; waiting for, 328; His resurrec tion a ground of hope, 328, 3^3; known by the Jews, though slain by them, 333; foretold affliction to lighten it, 335 ; suffered for us while enemies, ib. ; he that can give to, rich, 338; death of, proves incarnation real, 352; is in the faithful, 353; our Pilot, 355; words of, recorded only by St. Paul, ib. ; voice of, raises the dead, ib. ; honor of meeting, 356; checked curiosity about the end, 360-61 ; comes as a thief, and why, 361; comes suddenly, though preceded by Antichrist and Elias, 362; command of, to obey rulers, though bad men, 366; comes to table in the poor, 374; proclaimed at hand to in duce disappointment, 377; spoke particularly of consummation to provide against deceivers, 378; coming of, to be like lightning, ib. ; taught humility by washing disciples feet, 379; suffering for, glorious, 385; coming of, will be with gathering of saints, 385-86; followers of Antichrist would in no case have believed, 389; did not openly call Himself God, ib.; excuses for not believing, taken away through Antichrist, 389; came in the Father s name, ib. ; called the Love of the Truth, ib. ; friend of man, 390; glory of, to save men, ib. ; is present where men pray together, 392; to be waited for, 393; forbade idle ness, 394. Christians, of old, sharers of St. Paul s sufferings, 200; if they glorify Christ, and live not rightly, insult Him, and worse than heathen, 216; enemies to the cross, who seek ease and luxury, 242 ; called faithful because of mysteries in trusted to them never intrusted to others, 258; a call to have a portion of the Saints in Light, 266; translated into it by Christ, ib. ; yet prefer ease and luxury in this world, 267; contrasts be tween state of, at baptism and Adam s state in Paradise, 287; can only be kept in state of purity by a virtuous life, 287-88; are risen with Christ, therefore their life is not this life, nor will it appear till He appears, 289; compare to a corpse, 290; have all one royal form, viz., that of Christ, 297; should make the sign of the cross, and not use amulets, 298; should not always be learning, but should be able after a time to teach others also, 301 ; wisdom with which they should treat those that are not Christians, 309; in having put on Christ, are clothed with orna ment enough, 307. Christian, so may you die, a form of adjuration, 372; first all friends, 331; appointed to trials, 335; present, have borne nothing, ib. ; are not ready for war, ib. ; in peace should provide for war, 336; are Christ s in death or life, 363; first, as one family, hence withdrawal much feared, 395-96. Christ-mongers, some call, 348. Christs, false, provided against, 378. Chrysostom, St., admires St. Paul more for his grief at sinners than for his many trials, 254-55; is not afraid to warn people of their sins because he may be left with a small congregation, 293; the mind with which he had spoken of the defects of his people, ib.; his hearty joy at the mention of St. Paul s bonds, 306; straitened for an example of friendship, 331 ; his argument about fornica tion, 342; apostrophizes Joseph, 343; urges to immediate forgive ness, ib.; talks like a match maker, 346; must speak of un clean things for remedy, ib. ; calls his charge his own body, ib. ; in fear of punishment be cause of his office, 359; promises to prove that hell is not against God s mercy, 359-60; grieves for scorners, 365 ; complained of for discipline, 366; prayed for the people, though unworthy to do so, 371; asks their prayers on account of his responsibility, 372; and on account of Satan s as saults, 391; feels for the people as a father, 391 ; asks to hear any complaint, 392; wishes his charge multiplied, though heavy, ib. ; spiritual children of, ib. ; pangs for, ib. ; preached as bishop once or twice a month, 396; asks help in teaching, 397. Church, the, the bride of Christ and of His flesh, 319; the real palace, 373; poor around doors of, ib.; lessons from this, 374; rich are vain and showy in, 387; rever ence in, 388; called in God, for distinction from other assemblies, 324; ofConstantinople,unworthy to be so called, ib. ; offenders re moved from, 336; order of, like that of an army, 367; they that war on, say they know God, 378; whole, claims our love, 381 ; tra dition of, 390; each once like one family, 396; glory of, lost for want of love, ib. Churches, Antichrist shall be seated in, 386. Circumcision, might be performed to the breaking ofthe Sabbath, 230; nothing but " concision " when the law was no more, 230; what true circumcision is, ib.; only a type, 231; how it differed from baptism, 285. Coiner, coineth but in vain, 388. Colony, Philippi so called, 181.